The Penn's Grove record., 1887-08-27

The contract for grading The bed for
the new railroad from Glassboro to
Mullica Ilil las been given out. The
road is expected 10 c,-J 100.
Tie survivors Of General Phil Kear-
uey's celebrated First New Jersey Bri-
sadie will hold their sixth annual reuni-
on at Trenton on Inv l4fh of Septem-
Der.
a Dcerfeld man has become sick
from the eereless handling Of Paris
Green. Take waning.
The heirs Of old Jacob Spicer, ono of
whose great-gfanisoHs is James :. LEA
ming.a well:known citzcn of Cape Mal,
is about t. pusl, a claim to thousands OF
acres Of luud in South and West J-rsey
Zine Thousand ucres of these lands, il
is claimed. have beer discovered along
Cunansey Creek aIuny.
Residents OF THE ~oHtirin pat f
Camden have taken s. Us towards the
organization of a society to protect
children from cruelty.
A bowItzer gun squad has been OF
ganized At ~iladdOnheid, and Will be at.
tacIed To The sixth Regiment.
The claim OF the Bridgeton City
Council against The West Jersey Rail
road for $4,000 damages IN entering
tltlt city has beeu allowed by the rail
Road officials.
Farmers who leave their wagons in
the hay sheds at Market street. Cam
zen, have suffered considerable from
petty thieves who pick anything left
lying around.
Thomas V. Gator, as chaiundn of
The Prohibition STATE COMMITTEE of
New jersey has issued a call for Il meet
Ing on Sep ember StlI.
The announcement is made that "a
number Of Philadelphia captilists have
gravity road from he MET at Atlantic
City down along the beach to the south
err end OF the island. 1t is proposed
10 So construct the road that the round
trip flom the inlet can be made in thir-
Iy-five minutes. Application for per-
mission to build will be made al the
hext meeting of the Atlantic City
Councils, and il the project shall be
allowed work Will be begun ut once
the road is to be called lie Atlantic
CITY Belt Line, and its projectors ex-
ptet to complete IL by June of 1888.
Tie contractors for tae West Jersey
Railroad tracks into Bridgetom have
commenced work viii, 200 men.
A number Of luelI from JoistoNn
who went to Tuxedo Park to work for
Pierre Lorriilard are IN OF spotted fe-
yer, and several deaths have occurred.
Tue Mount Holly Water Company
has cleaused the reservoir aud he SUP
ply pipes, this acton having met the
approval o. iGr B-atd Of Heal II. 1t
Is thought that the danger Ut ;no!her
outhreak Of typhoid fever has boen re-
duced to a minimum.
A strike Of window glass blowers for
ten per cent, advance in a is said
to be probable.
Tie water supplied by the water
at Brldgeton Is pronounced al
most unfit for cooking and drinking
purposes.
The Ocean Pier Company Of Cape
May is soliciting sn'.scl iptioms from
stockholders for the pnrp St OF building
| steamer landing, 10 Ice ready Tor next
,pring;s business.
Herman Lupker, residing neat Mill
lille, was bitten by "a rattlesiiake Il few
ago, and it is thought will die.
lie made a business OF catching the
and selling them as curiosities.
Elmer English, of B~ndgeton, who is
iow ia jail, attempted to cut his throat
N Saturday. His family, il iss ,eid,
AVE cast him off, aud he attempt at
Wclde was, il Ii thought, made TO eX-
lie sympathy and get oailed out.
According to an opinion by Justice
iced, of the New Jersey Supreme
the franchise OF the West JeI-
ely ltailruad will not permit the com
auy TO extend their line and locate
heir terminus in Bridgeton where it
t is now proposed. To overcome this
.~ifliculty, it is stated that the extension
viii be made and owned by a corpora
ion known as the West Jersey Termi-
Ial Company.
THE TORITILIIA MINES.